RANUNCULACE^E. XIV. RANUNCULI'S. 



Many-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. May, June. PI. fit. 



61 R. PULCHE'LLUS (Ledeb. in litt. ex. Spreng.) radical leaves 

 ovate, acute, a little 3-toothed at the apex, on long petioles, 

 cauline ones linear, stem-clasping, cut, upper ones 3-parted ; stem 

 simple, few-flowered ; sepals much smaller than the corolla, and 

 are villous as well as the peduncles. 1. H. Native of Dahuria 

 on Mount Imaus. 



Neat Crowfoot. PI. 1 foot. 



62 R. SALSHGINOSUS (Pall. itin. ed. 3rd. vol. 3. p. 173.) radical 

 leaves stalked, oval, or somewhat cordate, 3-5-toothed at the 

 apex; scapes naked, 1 -flowered, erect ; petals oblong, cuneated, 

 longer than the calyx. %, H. Native of the Russian empire, 

 especially in Siberia and Dahuria not far from Mount Odon- 

 Tchelon, in salt marshes. Root fascicled, fibrous, emitting from 

 the neck numerous filiform creeping flagellse. Flowers about the 

 size of those of R. lanuginosus. Carpels ovate, oblong, longitu- 

 dinally striped, awned, with the short straight styles. 



Salt-marsh Crowfoot. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1 822. PI. 4 foot. 



63 R. HYDROPHILUS (Gaudich, ex. Spreng. syst. app. p. 219.) 

 stem creeping, floating; radical leaves orbicular-ovate, on very 

 Jong petioles; peduncles 1 -flowered. If.. H. W. Native of the 

 Falkland islands. 



Water-loving Crowfoot. PI. i foot, 



64 R. CXMBALA'RLE (D. C. syst. 1. p. 252.) radical leaves 

 stalked, smooth, ovate-orbicular, rather fleshy, deeply crenated ; 

 scapes 1-3-flowered, ascending, emitting flagellse from the neck ; 

 petals linear, length of calyx. % . H. Native of Siberia about 

 the Baikal abundant, and at the rivers Jenisee and Oby, as well 

 as about Barnaoul, in salt-marshes. R. nanus, Fisch. in litt. 

 Amman, Ruth. 81.no. 107. t. 13. f. 2. Like R, salsuglnosus, 

 but differs in its much smaller size, and in the leaves being more 

 orbicular, and crenated all round the margin, as well as in the 

 petals being linear, not oblong-cuneated. 



Far. ft, Americanus (D. C. syst. 1. p. 252.) R. cymbalarise, 

 Pursh. fl. bor. am. 2. p. 392. Smith, in Rees, cyclop. 1. H. 

 Native in Salem, Massachusetts ; marshes near the salt works of 

 Onondago, New York, and from Canada to near the Arctic sea, 

 and from Hudson's Bay to the summits of the Rocky Mountains 

 in marshy and shady places. The flowers of this plant are said 

 to be sometimes white, and heads of carpels oblong, otherwise 

 it is hardly distinguishable from the Siberian plant. 



far. y, aljnnus (Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 11.) plant smaller; 

 leaves 3-toothed at the apex; scape 1 -flowered. Native of the 

 Rocky Mountains, North America. 



oa<-shaped-leaved Crowfoot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. PI. ft. 



C5 R. HALOPHILUS (Schlecht. anim. ran. p. 23. t. 4. f. 1.) 

 radical leaves stalked, smooth, rather fleshy, cuneated, 3-toothed 

 at the apex ; runners rising from the neck of the stem ; scapes 

 1 -flowered, almost twice as long as the petioles ; petals obovate, 

 cuneated, longer than the calyx. 1. H. Native of Siberia. 

 A very small smooth plant. Calyx 5-sepalled; corolla 5-petal- 

 led. Carpels terminated by a hooked beak, disposed in an ovate 

 head. 



Salt-loving Crowfoot. PI. 2 inches. 



66 R. JAVA'NICUS (Blum, bijd. ex. Spreng. syst. app. p. 218.) 

 leaves all stalked, cordate-ovate, crenate, upper ones lanceolate 

 or trifid ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 1 -flowered ; petals twice 

 as long as the calyx, y. . S. Native of Java. 



Java Crowfoot. PI. -| foot. 



67 R. FONTA'NUS (Presl. ex. Spreng. syst. app. p. 218.) stem 

 ascending, fistular ; leaves toothed, lower ones stalked, cordate- 

 ovate, blunt ; upper ones linear-oblong, tapering into the petiole ; 

 peduncles opposite the leaves ; petals longer than the calyx. 

 y..H.Vf. Native of Sicily. 



Fountain Crowfoot. PI. | foot. 



68 R. TRJDENTA 1 TUS (H. B. et Kth. nov. gen. et spec. amer. 



5. p. 42.) radical leaves stalked, smooth, somewhat fleshy, ovate, 

 3-toothed at the apex; scapes 1-2-flowered, smooth, length of 

 petioles ; petals linear, longer than the calyx, y. . S. 



Far. a, major (H. B. 1. c.) y.. S. Native of Mexico, near 

 Carpio. R. stoloniferus, Lamb. herb. 



Var. ft, minor (H. B. 1. c.) 1(.. S. Native of Latacunga. 

 Furnished with creeping flagillae, but sometimes without. 



Three-toothed-lenved Crowfoot. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ foot. 



69 R. NUBI'GENUS (H. B. and Kth. nov. gen. and spec. amer. 

 5. p. 42.) radical leaves stalked, almost orbicular, 7-toothed, 

 smooth, rather fleshy ; scape almost naked, generally 2-flowered, 

 pubescent at the top ; bracteas linear, somewhat 3-toothed. y. . 

 F. Native of Peru, on Mount Antisana. A very small and 

 very smooth herb, with very small flowers, and a pressed calyx. 



Cloud Crowfoot. PI. 1 inch. 



70 R. BREVISCA'PUS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 253.) radical leaves 

 stalked, orbicular, cordate, 3-5-cleft; scapes 1-flowered, shorter 

 than the foot-stalks, emitting flagellae from the neck. 1. F. 

 Native of Peru. Flowers small, with pressed calyxes and obtuse 

 petals. This plant is poisonous to animals, and is therefore called 

 Centella, according to Dombey. 



Short-scaped Crowfoot. PI. ^ foot. 



71 R. PALLA'SII (Schlecht. anim. ran. 1. t. 2.) stem creeping, 

 fistulous ; leaves all stalked, oval or obovate, cuneated, 3- 

 parted ; calyx 3-sepalled ; flowers 8-petalled ; carpels thick, 

 ovate smooth, beaked, disposed into a round head. Tf. . H. 

 Native of North America, on the western coast, in marshy places; 

 beyond Behring's Straits, in the bays of Eschscholtz and Good 

 Hope, and in the little island St. George, to the north of the 

 Aleutian Islands. Habit of R.jlammula, quite smooth. 



Pallas's Crowfoot. PI. i foot. 



4. Flowers yellow. Leaves dissected. 



72 R. AURICOMUS (Lin. spec. 775.) leaves smooth, radical 

 ones stalked, cordate, generally 3-parted, or 3-lobed, stem ones 

 divided to the base, into linear, entire, or toothed lobes, calyx 

 pubescent, shorter than the petals. "%.. H. Native of most 

 parts of Europe, also of Siberia, Caucasus, Japan, and Pennsyl- 

 vania, in dry woods, bushy, and shady places. Plentiful in 

 Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 624. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 2. t. 41. 

 Fl. dan. t. 665. Stem branched, many-flowered. Calyx coloured, 

 assuming the aspect of petals ; hence its specific name auricomus, 

 with a pore at the base of each. This species having no acri- 

 mony has been termed dulcis, or sweet-wood Crowfoot. The 

 great and constant diversity in the leaves, especially the narrow 

 linear shape of the upper ones distinguish it readily. 



Far. ft,procerior (D. C. syst. 1. p. 267.) %. H. Native of 

 Hungary. R. Cassubicus, Geners. elench. scepus. ex. Wahlenb. 



Far. y, apetala (D. C. prod. 1 . p. 34.) petals wanting ; calyx 

 coloured, assuming the aspect of petals, y.. H. Native of 

 Thuringia. 



Golden-haired Crowfoot, or Goldilocks. Fl. April, May. 

 Britain. PI. 1 foot. 



73 R. CASSUBICUS (Lin. spec. 775.) leaves smooth, radical 

 ones stalked, kidney-shaped, crenated, stem ones divided into 

 linear serrated lobes ; calyx pubescent, shorter than the petals. 

 It. H. Native of Prussia, Russia, and Siberia in moist mea- 

 dows. Sims, bot. mag. 2267. R. reniformis, Gilib. in ust. 

 del. 2. p. 240. R. auricomus, var. ft, Bir. ren. p. 39. Very 

 like R. auricomus, but differing in the radical leaves being cre- 

 nated, not lobed, and in the lobes of the upper leaves being always 

 serrated. 



Cassubian Crowfoot. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1794. PI. | foot. 



74 R. ABORTIVUS (Lin. spec. 776.) leaves smooth, radical ones 

 stalked, cordate, orbicular, crenated, some 3-parted, stem ones 

 divided into 3-5 oblong linear lobes ; calyx smooth, rather longer 



